Wire fence.



PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907.

' J. FISHER.

WIRE PENGE.

APP-LIUATION FILED 13130.1. 1906.

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WIRE FENCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 190").

Application filed December 1,1906. Serial No. 345,897.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB FIsHER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sac City, in the county of Sac and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Fences, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in wire-fence construction; and theobject of my invention is to provide a wire fence of simple andeffective construction which will prevent the stock from getting theirheads through the wires and breaking down the fence.

A feature of my invention resides in the provision of a stay which maybe readily applied and readily removed without any special tool.

In the drawings illustrating the principle of my invention and the bestmode now known to me of applying that principle, Figure 1 is a frontview of a wire fence built in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 showsthe stay before it is clenched around the wires, and Fig. 3 shows thestay after it is clenched around the wires.

The fence-posts a support the woven wire 6 and the barbed wire 0. Theportable stay d is formed with a hook e at each end, the hooks engagingthe wires which are to be connected by it, as the barbed wire and thestrand at the top of the woven wire. From the end of each hook projectsa lug f, and this lug is an important feature of my invention. After thestay has been engaged with the wires the hooks e are closed, as is shownin Fig. 3. In the closed position of the hooks the lugs f projectoutwardly and form a means whereby the hooks may be opened by anordinary pair of pliers.

I am aware of the patent to John I-Iewitt, No. 781,602, granted January31, 1905, and disclaim all therein shown, for the hook of the I-Iewittstay is not formed with a lug bent outwardly from the free end of thehook and adapted to be grasped by a pair of pliers, as is the free endof the hook of my stay.

I claim- The combination with a pair of fencewires, of a stay formedwith a hook at each end, the free end of the hook being bent outwardlyto form a lug which projects outwardly in both the open and closedposition of the hook and is thereby adapted to be grasped by a pair ofpincers in either of said positions.

JACOB FISHER.

Witnesses:

F. R. STEARNs, EDWARD I/VELCILJI'.

